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as the A?iahilla branch, for want of a better designation, but as one with 

 Tatten^ that city was the capital of the royal branch. The last-named in 

 this family, Viradhavala, however, is described as a Mahdmandaleswara in 

 the reign of BhIma, and the especial patron of the hereditary ministers, 

 Tej Pala and Vastu Pala, who were inhabitants of Anahilla. YfRADHAVALA 

 also bears the title of Rma. The ministers are declared to be members of 

 the Pr6gX)dta race, which is possibly a division of the Chaululcyas, the name 

 not having been met with as that of a distinct tribe. 



The rulers of Chandravati, a city at the foot of the western face of 

 the Arhuda mountain, about fourteen miles east of Abu, appear to be a dis- 

 tinct race, the Paramara, or Piiar Rajputs, who are, at present, one of the 

 military tribes of Gz^;sera^. The inscription No. XVIII. t?. 32, describes the 

 legendary orgin of this tribe, from the sacrificial fire of Vasishtha, on the 

 mountain Arhuda. According to Major Tod, the founder of this family, 

 was Arpdla, or Adipaii, but no mention of him occurs in the inscription. 

 Yasodhavala, the individual named there, was, in all probability, the first 

 whc5 was associated in the alliance or service of the Guzerat prince, KumAra 

 PAla, having defeated Valala, the king of Mdlava, in his invasion of the 

 country. His sons, Dharaversha and Prahladana, were also military chief- 

 tains in the same service, and encountered enemies more formidable than 

 their Mdlava neighbours. According to Ferishta, Kutteb, the general of 

 Mohammed Gori, sustained, about 1192, a severe defeat in G«;rer«^, by the 

 prince of Narwalla and his allies. In 1196, he revenged his disgrace by a 

 victory over the combined armies of Ehim Deo, with his allies Walin and 

 Daraparis, in the first of whom we recognise the BnfMA, and in his allies, the 

 pRAHLADAN and Dharaversha of the inscription (XVI.) which is dated 

 A. D. 1209, or thirteen years later. Major Tod was misinformed instating 

 Dharaversha as the last of the ParamAras, as his son and grandson are named 

 in inscription XVIII. 



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